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Patient care is unaffected when the attending physicians who supervise physicians in training work a 2-week rotation rather than a 4-week stretch, but trainees feel short-changed, researchers reported.

Nearly half of all physicians work with ancillary providers such as nurse practitioners or physician assistants, most commonly in large primary care practices and multispecialty groups, according to a new government report.

While reducing work hours for resident physicians doesn't seem to have interfered negatively with medical training, the shortened shifts also haven't done anything to improve patient safety, a new study found.

WASHINGTON -- First-year resident physicians would be forced to shorten their work hours and to undergo more strict supervision under new proposed standards released by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

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